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New updates coming soon

Busy day of hacking. Been working on TipFinder v1.4 – managed to successfully integrate a local review service into the application. More details in due time Also spent a bit of time in the morning working on an API and Android application for another idea I’m hacking together with David and Tian. Not much of [ READ MORE ]

Using CodeIgniter to create an API

Found a great post the other day which turns CodeIgniter into a fully fledged API. Still working through the cogs to get this working. Hopefully I’ll get a hold of it soon. http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/working-with-restful-services-in-codeigniter-2/ It uses Phil Sturgeon’s CodeIgniter REST Server – which can be found here. Happy Hacking![ READ MORE ]

Twitter needs to improve

  • October 23rd, 2010
  • Posted in Web

Overall, the new Twitter is nice – but it needs to improve. In particular, there are 2 things which absolutely drive me mental right now. 1. Direct Messages 2. Search for Retweets[ READ MORE ]

Wire-framing made easy

  • October 20th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Lately when I hack together mock-ups for ideas, I’ve been using a set of wire-frame templates by Morten Just on Google Drawings. What makes it absolutely awesome is that I don’t need any software or anything like that – just fire up Google Docs. Heres a link to the templates for you to use - http://mortenjust.com/2010/04/19/a-wireframe-kit-for-google-drawings[ READ MORE ]

Chrome v5 Released

  • May 26th, 2010
  • Posted in Web

woot woot! Google’s latest stable release of Chrome has new features and further performance boost to the V8 engine. And also (massive news), its officially out of beta for Mac and Linux users[ READ MORE ]

Google IO 2010 Keynote

While Australia was sleeping, Google IO was well awake and possibly loaded with caffeine at San Fransisco. I saw the start of the keynote last night before hitting the bed, but it definitely looks like a few things have been revealed during the conference. Check out their YouTube link to watch the keynote presentation – http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers[ READ MORE ]

Twitter API for CodeIgniter

I came up with a random twitter app idea the other day, and during the excitement of this idea, I did some very sketchy research to see if there were any other similar services which offer a twitter group chat based on hashtags. I didn’t find any that looked well developed and polished to be [ READ MORE ]

Wireframe kit for Google Docs (Drawings)

  • May 7th, 2010
  • Posted in Design

Found a killer link today to a blog article posted at MortenJust – who has developed a set of templates to make wireframing super easy for websites and even iPhone apps. Not to mention its on google docs, you can wireframe collaboratively with your team! This wins hands down. So watchu waiting for? click the [ READ MORE ]

Projects

TipFinder (Android) - Helping you find the best places in town!

Hash Icon (Chrome) - Adding icons to popular hashtags used on twitter such as your major sporting leagues, or social media service.

TEDxMelbourne (Android) - To provide easy access to information about TEDxMelbourne events.

Ignite Melbourne (Android) - To provide easy access to information about Ignite Melbourne events.

Pingu Soundboard (Android) - The sounds of Pingu.

Disclaimer

James Giang is a Telstra employee, any views expressed in this blog about Telstra are mine only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Telstra
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